SMART@CAR Consortium

SMART@CAR (Sustainable Mobility: Advanced Research Team) is an industry driven research and development program focused on plug-in electric vehicles and intelligent charging. SMART @ CAR is a program of the Center for Automotive Research that takes a multidiscipline systems approach to research problems related to the development, manufacturing, deployment and application of electric and plug-in electric vehicles.

SMART@CAR activities focus on vehicles, PEV charging and ground transportation systems. These programs have resulted in funding in the amount of $2.74 M since January 2009 and involve 11 faculty in the College of Engineering, College of Food, Agriculture and Environmental Sciences and The John Glenn School of Public A­airs, as well as the Ohio Supercomputer Center. Student and sta­ involvement totals 14 PhD students, seven master's students, four visiting scholars and two research associates.

Current Projects

Over the years thrust areas have included a wide range of research projects related to plug-in electric vehicles and intelligent charging. Ongoing projects include:

• PEV Penetration Forecasting (2009)
• Level 3 EV Charging Impact (2012)
• Microgrid Installation at CAR (2013)
• Development of Lab Hybrid Microgrid Testbed (2009)
• Impact of Natural Gas and NGVs on Electric Utilities
• Study (2012-2013)
• Secondary Life of Automotive Batteries: Aging and
• Economic Analysis (2009)

Members